Wanted: Kingpin Bearing Kit

Hi,

I did both sides recently, bought everything from Martin at the BigJimny shop, apart from the Waterproof Grease which was out of stock, so had to order it from someone else (more expensive).

I reckon about a day to do each side, if it is like mine everything was seized in place.

Get the King Pin Bearing and Swivil Seal Kit from the BigJimny shop at the following link. You can find cheaper, but not genuine parts.
www.bigjimny.com/store/kingpin-bearing-w...it-premium-koyo.html

The kit does one side, so if doing both, you need two kits.

Get the Maxima Waterproof Grease as well, it's excellent stuff and you won't find cheaper, not by the time you add postage.
www.bigjimny.com/store/waterproof-grease.html

My swivel seal bolts were corroded, Martin does those as well, they are only £1 per side, hardly worth not replacing them.
www.bigjimny.com/store/swivel-seal-bolts.html

General Catalog page
www.bigjimny.com/store/jimny-gen3/parts-...rings-and-seals.html

The Kingpins are probably okay, I just cleaned and dressed mine, but Martin does those as well.

Robin

If you have the time and patience 
You can paint the swivels with POR15
I gave mine 4 coats with a little rub down after each coat 
 

Scimike, a while back someone shared some images of a brand new jimny swivel showing how the seal comes away from the swivel surface as you get towards full lock, so while it does do something it's still a token effort. It doesn't quite do enough to avoid problems, hence we have the situation we have. In my work the ingress of water is inevitable, and it only takes a teaspoon full to start the corrosion in the bottom bearing. Packing the bearings with waterproof grease definitely helps though! I get around 20,000 miles/2 years to a set of bearings and I can change them in under an hour, so it's not too bad really. Using cheap bearings and genuine seals it's £20 a side.

There was some talk about large CV boot style gaiters that would completely enclose the swivel. That would work and be perfect for a road car, but they would also be quite vulnerable to damage off-road.

Hi Busta,
I dont doubt that someone had issues with gaps, but it suggests something else was wrong with that one. 
My seals stay in contact lock to lock, you can see this in the photo as the dirt wipe line is complete without gaps, it's working like a windscreen wiper, cleaning the wiped area, dirty on the none wiped. I can't see any dirt or marks in the wiped area, all shiny black paint. 
Only time will tell if my refurbished swivel make things last long, it's why I did it as a long term test. It's approaching 2 years without issue, but not taking it apart until it fails again, so I can't confirm what's going on inside. 
 
Totally agree you are wasting your money changing the seals if you have rusty swivels, you may as well leave them off. 

It's at the very top and bottom where they showed the seal comes away from the swivel. Yours looks good. Hope it does the trick!